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Show o1o A iteration 0f the Spanilh Voyager rous, and dare not complain or murmur-7 or if they lhonld, have no body to hearken to 'em or defend ‘em? The Spaniard: who have an abfolutc Power, are always chiding and domineering over 'cm wherever they are, in the Fields, on the Mountains, in the Mines, in the Defarts, or in the High-Ways. They take all the furniture ofytheir Houfes from 'em, which is their greatelt Riches, as well as expofe "em to the greateli: dangers, and molt Intolerable labours, beating and inflicting on 'em the feveret't Punilhments for the leaft‘Trifle, when they hope- to get any thing, by it. What a piece of In- jufl'i'ce then mutt it be to abandon fuch meek and febmillive Creatures to the fury of fuch men as thefe, when they are in no capacity to refift the tyranny of their Perfeeutors, but are made their meer tools? What would one fay of that Judg, who after he has received information of the violent pallion of a wild Spark in the heat of Youth, to a beautiful Virgin, {hould notwithll‘anding order 'em to live together in the fame houfe, and give him an abfolute power over her, but withal threatning to punilh him fever-ely if he oii'er‘d her any violence? Could any one lhfely confide inthe Promifes of fueh :1 man as this, whatever Protel‘tations he fhould make or moderating his parlion on to critical an occalion? it is not to be doubted but fuch a judg would commit and Crag/tier {a the Welt-Indies: 2I r as in the former Initance it would be next to 3 Mi- trade for that amorous Youth not to abandon hima felt to the Conduct of his Paliion, when the Object of it is committed to his difpof'al 5 f0 'tis not to be expeéted that the Spaniards ihould abftain from com-- mitting all forts of Outrages on the Indians, and fa- crifici‘ng both their Ettates and Lives to their own lntereft, fince their Avariee irritates 'em with greater violence (if poflible) than Luit does the other in the former cafe : f0 that Laws back'd with Menaces and Punilhments will make no imprellions on the minds of thefe men, but they'l be fure [till to cxereife a thoufand Cruelties on the poor Indians, if no other courfe be taken to give check to their Cou' retoufnefs. [ entreat your Majefty to confider what befals any Province to which you fend aGovernor. If he be covetous, and regardlefs both of his Honor or Reli~ On, what Diforders and Mifchiefs does he not bring With him? Tho he has not fo abfolute a Power as the Spaniards have over the Indians whom they keep mitheir Houfes :, tho the Royal Council of Spain think themfelves concern'd to oppol'e his PrevaricaHons, and tho the King's Prefence one would think lhould be a Itrong Bridle to reltrain his ExaEtions : yet in two years time, fuch :1 Governor as we have trIn defcribing will become rich, by the Rapine and a mortal Gin, in thus expoting his Neighbour to to dangerous 3 'I‘enrptmon1 tho he lhould happen 10 abflair; from the Sin to which he has to great :1 pro- tare. peniion. it almoft amounts to the fame thing: to put the [11.453525 under the Jitriftiiftiori of the 5p?nimfir, who are their mortal Enemies, for itfithey 311 unlimited Power over the Indians, and neither and in awe of God nor the King 5 and when thefe (lont in 1:15ch 'em in cold blood meerly out or the hatred tley bear 'em, they do it however to Ski their Coeds, and rob "em of their 'l‘realhrc. A'- A V" A1" :8 EXtortion he commits in the Province put under his What then is it likely the .S'pmzz‘ards will do, In the remotelt parts of the Indies, when they have pyor People are under fo great apprehenfion of 1.111 more intolerable Cruelties, that they dare not C("nifliiin of the violence they fuf'fer? And how 31 they report; their Grievances? {hall they go to the Royal Council, which is it may be three or four ,_ " ' ‘ p 2 ' " hundred |